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I'cAdoo Makes Announce
V nent of Partial Elimination
of Passenger Coaches Run
ning Between Chicago and
Pacific Coast
ROUTE PRIVILEGES TO
BE DENIED TOURISTS
Persons WlNot Be Permit
ted to Make. Own Choice
' ; As To Travel
CHICAGO, May 41 One-third
ail the passenger trains between Chi
cago nf the PacIQe coast will be
t eliminated after June 1,- according to
worj. received ftoni Washington by
railway officials tonight ; This step
it was f-ii, would save approximately
n2.000nu0 a year andut" off 11,-"28.0OO-
miles of train haul.
II. U. Aishton; regional director of
the western railroads, and assistant to
W. G. McAdoo, director of railroads,
said that such a plan had betn un
der consideration and' ' has,- been
worked out. He added 'that he had
not been officially informed .JUiaL it
(Contlnned on page 6.)
Shoe
TeriiFt Stampis
YOUR SAVINGS ON THE WEARABLES PURCHAS
ED HERE WILL BUY MORE STAMPS . .
This mafic on a Shoe means Inst what it says. It S a
mark we have stuck to for twenty-five years. That alone
means much. Men, we sell .neither cheap nor expensive;
Shoes. Come in arid judge for yourselves. : If we sell you a
shoe made of the best Kangaroo, Kid or Calf stock obtain
able, .genuine oak tanned soles (and that's a rare article
these days); best' piano hammer felt cushion in sole and
every other part that goes into a shoe of the Vest material,
workmanship' of the highest order and style to boot if we
can sell you THAT KIND of a Shoe for $7.65, is our price
exorbitant under present conditions?
V , , We can sell you excellent Shoes down to $4.50. Cheap--er
Hen's Shoes than that, today the less said about them
the better; no matter where you buy them. 3
Monday Is Thrift Stamp Day
. .. Uncle Sam is turning shopkeeper for a day and
wants ona hundred million customers REAL AMER
ICAN customers! :
These 25c Thrift Stamps will be for sale here or
will be given as change, or part of your change, on
every purchase,, if agreeable.
MoreSilks
TAFFETAS in plain shades, plaids and stripes. A splendid
assortment of the best Spring and Summer colors and com
binations to choose1 from, "all 36 inches wide, prices, per
yard. , .... . . . . . ..... . . . . . .$1.45 to $2.00
IMPORTED PONGEE and SHANTUNG SILKS in almost
every quality obtainable.
PONGEE in natural color, 33 inches wide, yard. . 85c to $255
COLORED PONGEE in plain shades front 32 to 40 inches t
wide at yard. . . . . ..... . . . . . ....... . . . . $1.45, $2.00, $255
OYSTER WHITE HEAVY SUITING PONGEE, SILK 32
and 36 inches wide at yard. ... . . .. . ..... ..$350 and $3.65
EXPERIENCED SALESMAN WANTED
Man with experience
y
on Miner Back in
Civilization Surprised
To Hear of Great War
RrNO, Nov., May 4. For
four jjeara Charles McNeale. a
prospector, has been working
a claim iu the mountains on
the Ppwder river In Oregon, all
unconscious of the fact that
-nearly the entire world is at
war. He arrived In Reno yes
terday with' $65,000 in roM
and today he Is trying to nvakt?
up for lost time by buying all
the thrift stamps and war sav
ings certificates and liberty
bonds that he can carry.
After hearing many talos
about war, he decided to en
list but was rejected because t
of his age. II sava he has
rich placer mines In the moun- f
tains. C5 miles from, the near-
est station and Isgoins to re
turn to it after he invests all
his money in bonds and1 war
savings, stamps.
Swedish People Also
Fighting Starvation
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" STOCKHOLM. Mar 4. The Swed
I Ish government is striving to the utl
most to obtain food' for the Swedish
people "who literally are fighting
against starvation." F. W. Thorsen.
minister ,of finance, declared In a
speech Friday at Nistad. He outlined
the agreement with the entente- pow
ers for the supply of foodstuffs and
other vital necessities against Swed
ish tonnage, and complained' that
certain interested parties In Sweden
I f IV- il :
icie opposing me a K ret? hi fill, iou
Jag the aifficulties of the gov-
The main thins is to ret -bread.
tne price Is a
tioh, he said.
secondary considera-
Federal Bank Statement
Shows Big Gold Reserve
WASHINGTON, May -4.-M3old re
serve for the twelve federal banks
Increased nearly $23,000,000 in the!
last W'tk and bills discounted de
creased . S29,000.00a( according to
the weekly federal reserve board fi
nancial statement.
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in dry goods preferred. . ,
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U.S. GOES FAR
0VERT0PF0R
pJBERTYLOAN
Treasury Announces Cam
i paign "Overwhelming Success"-
War Credit Over-
subscribed Third
EXACT FIGURES NOt
. KNOWN UNTIL ALL IN
Number of Subscribers Esti
mated Between 12,000
000 and 15,000,000
WASHINGTON; May 4.' For the
third time within a yearthe Anferl-
can poopie nave - heavily oversub
scribed a war credit.
As the third liberty 'loan was clos
ing tonight, the- treasury announced
the campaign had. been "an -ver
whelming success." Although 13.
000,000.000 was the formal goal of
.the campaign, official reports In
eluding only a small proportion of
todaySa : ivalanehe pdgeil. sh0wed
the total as $3,203,653,400 and there
were indications tbrat the aRBregate
would be increased to nearlr $4,000
uuu.ouo next week.wben banks have
time to tabulate the multitude or
last minute applications.
The exact result of the camnalen
probably will not be known until late
In the week. ,
Many Kneoorajsinjc Feature.
Official estimates placed the. num
ber of subscribers at between 12.-
O0O.000 and 15.000.000 far above
the 10,000.000 of the second loan
or 4.500.000 of the firstand soma
officials expressed the belief that the
roll of bond buyers would be even
greater. To , them - this was one of
the most encouraging features of the
loan. t
All twelve federal reserve districts
which were the largest campaign
units, over-subscribed.' and a major
ity of the states made the same rec
ord. . Delaware doubled its Quota.
Itonl Selling Continue. .
Bond selling contlnned actively In
many cities up to a late hour tonight
and banks stayed o&en in a final ef
fort to roll up, more subscriptions
than the $4,416,000,000 of the sec
ond liberty loan last October. Mes
sages reaching Washington tonight
Indicated, however, that the big sub
scriptions from corporations and bus
iness Interests were features of the
last hours of the second campaign,
were lacking owing to the Immi
nence of Income and cxctbs profits
tax paying time in June, when more
than - $3,000,000,000 in war levies
will have to be paid to the govern
ment.?' ( .
The headquarters review tonight
describes the final roundup-in New
York as "probably the most striking
feature of the last day's campaign."
Within a few hours $129,900,000
subscriptions were, recorded, sending
the city and state of New York over
their quotas. , '
IMk Increase Fxnerted.
The figure of $3,302,653,400 offi
cially recorded by the treasury, cov
ered business up to 3 o clock yester
day afternoon for all districts except
New York, which reported at 4 p, m..
and Boston and Philadelphia, which
reported at 11 o'clock this morning.
"It is impossible to estimate the
amount of subscriptions taken in the
various districts up to the close of
business tonight," lsaid the head
quarters statement. "But the vol
ume doubtless will show a substan
tial increase over the latest official
figures."
District Report In.
Official figures by districts, Incom
plete and failing to show the Rich
mond, Cleveland and Atlanta, dis
tricts over, the top were announced
as follows: ,
Subscriptions
. .$140,026,800
P.C
133
133
Minneapolis
St. Louis ..
173.475.500
162,765,300
Kansas City
Boston
2S4.248.900 113
275.806.400 110
471,253.100 110
Philadelphia
Chicago
Dallas
. 84,242,300 105
.. 214,453,600 102
I 912.500,100 101
.. 128.111,750 9
.. 284.732.t50 31
, . 72.038,700 80
f district, which has
San Francisco
New York, ,
Richmond ....
Cleveland
Atlanta . .
t The Atlanta
been at the. bottom of the percent
age cqlumn since the campaign start
ed. April -6; sent this word tonignt:
; I "Sales ' reported rrom'au pans ci
the district indicate that the quota
may be exceeded by more than 2u
per cent, we believe tnat pracucaiiy
eyery county ana toramuntij wtii go
over the top."
SAN FRANCISCO. May 4. With
the subscription campaign closed to-
nleht for the third liberty loan.o'ii
returns not completed from banks
either in this city or the twelfth,
rod oral reserve district, a substan
tial excess 'over quotas assigned In
both. Instances were assured, mem-
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JOURNAL LIES
ABOUT KELLER
State .Parole Officer Can
Prove That Published
Story Is Filse
Another attack, whfch Is utterly
without truth behind H, is made by
the? Capital Journal of ; yesterday on
rarole lOrficer Joe Kttier. The arti
cle intimates that Captain Keller,
when at member, of the Portland po
lice depafrtment huiriedly resigned
when Mayor Albee started an "In
vestigation. . Keller never was as
signed o duty in tlie ''north end" as
the Journal asserts, and while he had
political differences with Mayor Al
bee he (declares Mr. Albee is one of
many men by whom he can prove that
he never was accused of or In any
way implicated In accepting money
In a dishonorable way.
The Journal falsifies further in as
serting that Keller has solicited sub
scriptions from employes at the pen
itentiary for Governor iVithycombe's
campaign.' Mr. Keller says he is able
to prove that he has had nothing to
do with: such a list.
"As far as any contribution of my
own goes," said Keller, "that is my
business and mine only, but I have
circulated no subscription- list nor
have I left one in a 'convenient place'
as me journal inuiuaies.
DRASTIC STEPS
WILL BE TAKEN
WITH UKRAINIA
Difficulties in Obtaining Sup
plies in Country Make
! Revolt Serious
REPORTS DISAGREE
Germans Throw Blame on Of
ficials at Kiev Where Blood
Has Been Shed :
WASHINGTON. May 4. -An offi
cial dispatch from Svtrerland said
the central powers are preparing to
take drastic steps in Ukraina as the
result of-the difficulties in obtaining
supplies (from that sountry and the
revolt against Teutonic rule.
"The- news reaching Switzerland
Jrom IJkralnia' by way of Berlin and
Vienna,"! said the dispatdi, "does not
permit off a doubt but what we are
face to face with a coup d'etat of the
central powers. The latter, driven
by famine, are ready to employ ev
ery means to seize from Ukrainia the
resources 'which she still contains.
It is reported that blood has already
been ahed about Kiev in combats be
tween the partisans of the new gov
ernment i and those of' the former
and the Koelnische Zettung. follow
ing the German practice of attempt
ing, to clear itself before being ac
cused, hastens to announce that the
troops of Von Sichorn are not ac
tively participating in these Combats.
But the jtmth i9 quite otherwise.
I Arm Distribute. .
"In well-informed circles In Switz
erland, it is1 not ignored that quite
recently agents of Baron von Mummj
and Marshal von Eichborn distribut
ed arms knd munitions to their partisans.-
Considerable funds were dis
tributed secretly by the German staff
for thesuccess of the coup d'etat.
"The Frankfurter Zeitung recog
nizes that the revolution now being
dealt with in Ukrainia. is solely the
consequence of the demands of the
central powers rhlch want food
stuffs and cereals at all costs and
which trill not hesitate to do any
thing to obtain them. According it
accurate information . Tecelved In
Zurich combats also' took place at
Rkaterineslav, at Kharkovat Kherson
and at Odessa between the Germans
and the Ukrainians In revolt.
Importations Continue.
"Depoitations into Germany con
tlnne..' The -. commanders of ' , the
Ukrainian militia have been relieved
ol their officers and many thrown
Into prison. Ill spite of-all these
measures certain German papers
said it is to be feared that .he gov
ernment of Kiev cannot fulfill -the
ppromises ;it made to the central pow
ers on the question of food supplies
1 "Naturally the German authority
throws all the blame upon the rada
of : Kiev and consoles itself with the
scenes of, murder and plunder which
have taken .place in the country says
Verbatim; as does the New Stuttgar
ter Journal.
"The fact Is that today Ukrainia
Is occupied territory wnerp tne mil
itary authorities have the last say."
Lieutenant s. T. Valentine
Killed at Aviation School
ARCADIA. Fla,. May 4. Llenten
ant S. T. Valentine of New York-p
city, attached to the arrov aviation
school near here, was killed instantly
today when the airplane in which he
wus flying fell approximately 2000
feet. - . .
COMPARATIVE
QUIET AGAIN
IS OVER FRONT
War Interest Centers on Aus
triaHungary German Of
fensive in Flanders Held Up
for Reinforcements
VON ARNIM EVIDENTLY
NEEDS LARGER ARMY
Long Range Bombardment on
Paris Stopped by. Direct
Hit to Guns '
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(OFFICIAL SUMMARY) f
Antria-llungary supplies, seem
one of the' most important Items of
the current news. A critical eco
nomic' and political, situation offi
cially conceded to be developing at
home, her.. armies at the Xront are
apparently about to be launched in
a: new attack on Italy. -. . '
The crisis in Vienna is marked by
the dismissal of the Austrian par
liament by. the emperor's orders and
the declaration that forcible, meas
ures would be taken ' to make a '.re
sumption of its sessions impossible.
A statement Issued makes it clear
that the government was embarrass
ed by the divisions in the legislative
body over the grave food situation
and the various racial grievances- in
the Austrian body-politic and desired
a free'hand In the next few months.
Charles Lenves for Front.-
Meanwhile, Vienna dispatches have
reported Emperor Charles leaving
for the front and have announced
greatly increased activity along the
Austro-Italian lines, where a renewal
of the Teutonic offensive has long
been threatened. The Rome official
statement does .not "give a like pic
ture of the front line activities, but
records intensive aerial operations
with the. entente airmen -bringing
down fourteen enemy machines.
The. German offensive Jn Flanders
has. been held np now for virtu ally
five days since the enemy waves last
dashed, against, the rock-ribbed de
fense" ot British and Freneh early
last week and the. Ypres line, stood
firm under the attack. General yon
Arnlm evidently has, been forced in
to this inactivity fcy" the severity of
his losses and the time necessary to
marshal new forcj for a fresh Llow.
Conlfledly. however, the enemy
has fresh' troops for a thrust of even
greater power, if he thinks It advis
able to employ them here, and there
have been Indications for the last
day or two that he was preparing to
da so.. . 'v"'- ..."
, Allied Defense Strengthened.
There has been a strengthening of
the allied defense at Important
points along both the-northern' and
southern, sides of the Lya salient.
The French have 'thus operated suc
cessfully in the Locre tegjon. which
is one of the main objcdlfve points
of - the Germans as an approach to
Mount Rouge, and the British on
Friday night strengthened their lines
in the vicinity of Hinges, northwest
of Bcfnune.
In Palestine, the British have
again met and defeated the Turks In
engagements 4n the vicinity of the
River Jordan- lAttacka by the Otto
man troops on two successive days
were beaten off with heavy losses to
the enemy and in the fighting the
British took more than 300 pris
oners. - ..
Dispatches frbm Paris announce
that another of the German long
range guns engaged In bombarding
the French capital has been put out
of action through a direct hit by the
t rench artillery.
AIR RA1IH SUCCKSRFUIj.
LONDON. May 4. An official
statement on aerial operations to
night says: i x
i "A moilt successful Itiay's work
was accomplished by onr airplanes
Fridar.good visibility assisting in co
operation with the artillery. Bomb
Ing was carried out with. the utmost
vigor. Over twenty tons of bombs
were drcped on the Chaulnes Tour-
nai Snd La Bassee railway stations
and" on Estalres. Marcelcave, Menln,
Comlnes and Middelkerke
"Fierce fighting continued all day.
Twenty-eight German machine were
brought down; five were driven
down ot of control and three were
shot down by anti-aircraft guns in
side our lines. Eleven o our ma
chines are mlsslnrr. -
"After dark a thick mist! set In on
most of the font. More'tban two
tons of bombs -were dropped, how
ever, on the Chaulnes and Juniville
railway Jnnrtlonsr In spite of the
very bad .weather, all our! machines
returned." ..
Little Fititlnr In Ka.ct. .
"Eastern theater. May 13 There
were artllleYy actions west of " the
Vardar and in the Monastir 'sector,
The enemy attempted a number of
raids on the Italian and Serbian
fropts but was everywhere; repulsed
In their counter-attack the Serbian
(Continued on Page i 3.)
Percussion Cap Explodes
on Bottle; Prisoners
' Are Thrown into Panic
;CHITACO, May 4, The ex
plosion 'of ra percussion cap
placed In a bottle which con-,
tained a4 fluid that looked like
nitro-glycerlnfe caused a panic
amon. hundreds of prisoners In,
the connty Jail this afternoon.
The explosion gave rise to re-'
ports of an attempted jail de
livery and scores of patrolmen
were rushed to the Jail 'in au
tomobiles, only to find that all
prisoners. Including four con
demned murderers, were safely
in their cells. .
A number of 1. W. W. mem
bers how on trial are beingTield
in the jail but were In court at -the
time. ' '. v
Bavarian Meat Ration
WifyBe Reduced Again
THR HAGUE; May. 4. Speaking
before the Bavarian chamber on the
food situation, the food minister said
that conditions permitted the hop-
that the people would be able to hold
out. He said it might be necessary
to-reduce the bread ration, but not
before the time that potatoes will be
plentiful. A reduction. In the meat
ration was unavoidable, he continued
but the milk and fat rations would
not be reduced.
YANKEES LEVE
HUN ; TRENCHES
NEAR LORRAINE
Trenches Penetrated to Third
Line by 300 American Sold
iers and Pioneers "
NO GERMANS REMAIN
First Attempt of IL S. Men
Under Protection of Own
Artillery
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 4. American troops
In the Lorraine sector yesterday
morning carried - out - a raid on the
German lines south of Halloville,on
a six hundred yard front. After an
Intense, but brief artillery pre para
tion, the in'afntry, i accompanied by
pioneers, went over the top and pen
etrated the German uisitions to the
third line. They found not a single
German. .
The attack was on a German sali
ent. The artillery completely-leveled
the German positions and the pio
neers finished the job by blowing np
all the enemy works, thus eliminat
ing the salient.
A German ram wnicn.u was ex
pected would be carried out on the
sector south of Verdun, failed to ma
terialize.
PRIMARY OI'ERATIOX.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 4. An official note
says:
'On May 3. three hundred Ameri
can- soldiers, arter carerui aniwery
preparation, raided the German lines
at Dog's woods in the Lorraine sec
tor, penetrating through the Gy-
man s first, second and third lines.
"The raid constituted the first
time that, American infantry in this
secion have operated under the pro
tection of their own artillery.? .
FAIRY COURT IS
Miss Blanche Baker Crowne
May Day Festial; F
Fairies, milkmaids and flower
girls in rainbow hued costumes
danced before the throne of the May
queen' on the grass covered tennis
courts at Willamette university yes
terday afternoon in one of the pret
tiest numbers on the extensive pro
gram, carried out for the annual
junior week-end. Crowds, who gath
ered about the edge of the court wit
nessed the crowning of Miss Blanche
Baker by , Chester Moores, secretary
to the governor and master of cere
monies for Ihe day.
Several songs, one a chorus
"Springtime" and another 'Fairy
Revelry" by the Misses Ailene Dun
bar, .Venita McKinney and Mildred
Garrett, were followed by a frolic Jn
which twelve Salem high School girls.
clad in fluffy white dresses ' and
.wearing tinsel fairy crowns, execut
ed an attractive dance. MJss- Lela
Belle McCaddam and Mis.4 Louise
Benson gave a selection before the
next dance, an artistic picture repre
senting the awakening of the flow
ers. Milkmaids with buckets, stools,'
aprons ana -caps aiso oia a; preny
folk datoce and song.
Led by a male quartette and a
croun'ot- tiny tots carrying flowers
and one youngster.' little Robert Gill.
Jr.. bearing the crown, the royal pro
cession entered. . The queen was at
tended by- Miss Margaret Garrison
and Miss Lola Cooley, maids of hon
mmii
mm
Emperor Prorogues Parlia
ment as Result of Open De
fiance of Government in
. Stormy Sessions of Reich
srath Recently
SITUATION IN ENTIRE
: COUNTRY IS CRITICAL
Dr. yon Seydler, .' Austrian
Premier, Expected to " .
: Resign
5 - LONDON,, May 4. "There are at
least a doxen different crises in Aus
tria .today." wrote one of the best in
formed English correspondents yes
terday. "All these crises appear to
concentrate on the problem of food.
Even the racial animosities of the
composite empire which have always
been the weak Umbers of Its struc
ture have been inflamedinto unusual
bitterness by. sectional jealousies over
food distribution.
. "These crises - appear io have
reached a culmination .today, in the
government's decision - to prorogue
parliament during the present phase
of the war' for the reason that it
could not help, but only hindered. In
the solving of economic problems on
which everything depends, in the
words of a semi-official explanation.
Before this announcement was made
Premier ton Seydler met" party lead
ers; Impressed npon them the neces
sities of the situation, offered vague
promises of reforms for the discon
tented races' demands and issued
warning that any agitation would be
dealt' with by all lawful means. "
Will Suppress Deabtes.
"Parliamentary.' government, or.
rather parliamentary debates, are to,
be suppressed in . definitely, and . an
autocratic government will try to
hold the helm. - ,
"What straits -Austin has reached
were partly revealed by the premier's
speech and also by the German offl-,
cial statement that all food supplies
from Ukraine this month will be giv
en to Austria on account ot her great-;
er need. The Hague correspondent -of
the Times, discussing the German
food shortage yesterday, remarked:,
Even the ordinary Cerman'public
realizes that something worse than
food scarcity threatens Austria, '
For two months past the exaspera
tion between the Slavonic sections of
the Austrian population and the oth
er races has been at the highest point
of tension. The Germans have been
bullying Premier von Seydler with
insolence which reached its climar
in the request that the Austrian fron
tier populations of German race
should, for food supply purposes, be
annexed to Germany.
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BOHEMIA AXD TYROL STARVE.
LONDON, May 4 The straits to
which Austria has been driven by the
food situation is indicated In a dis
patch from Vienna; via Zurich, which
says that Dr. von Seydler. the Aus-
( Continued on page 6.)
HELD ON CAMPUS
d Queen of University
reshmen Part With Headgear
or 'and David Eyre. Jr.. and Edwin
Cross, train bearers. The flower
girls were Clandine Gneffroy, JulU
Johnson, Gertrude Winslow and Ma
rie Patton. The' court ladies in pink
and green dresses later wound the
big May pole set In the center of
the greenl
Among the other events of the day
were the early morning picnic, a con
cert by the Chemawa band, tug of
war, junior prom and . freshman
green cap stunt. The last was in the
nature of a surprise. It was an el
aborate ceremony involving a pa
rade' of the freshman all wearing-
much battered up hats and an air of
intense wisdom. One member ot the
class in a violent red wig was lifted
from a baby., carriage wheeled by
Mother Time and placed on a high
chair. where the "Ten Demandments"
were read to him. At the close each
freshman placed his cap' in a hat box.
The ttfr ofwaf, which took place
late in the day, was won by the
freshmen, who "dragged the sopho
more men into the mill race. -
No coed tennis tournament was
held in" the morning on, account of
illness ot some of the players. V '
wkatherJ ' "1)1
Sunday, fair;
westerly winds.
moderate south-'